JOB SHADOWWhat is Landscape Architecture?
Landscape architecture combines a love of people, nature, art, and hard work.
Landscape architecture, an environmental profession and discipline, encompasses the analysis, planning, design, management, and stewardship of the natural and built environments. Types of projects include: residential; parks and recreation; monuments; urban design; streetscapes and public spaces; transportation corridors and facilities; gardens and arboreta; security design; hospitality and resorts; institutional; academic campuses; therapeutic gardens; historic preservation; ecological design and restoration; reclamation; conservation planning; landscape art and earth sculpture; interior landscapes; and more.
Landscape architecture is one of the most diversified of the design professions. Landscape architects design the built environment of neighborhoods, towns and cities while also protecting and managing the natural environment, from its forests and fields to rivers and coasts. Members of the profession have a special commitment to improving the quality of life through the best design of places for people and other living things.
In fact, the work of landscape architects surrounds us. Members of the profession are involved in the planning of such sites as office plazas, public squares and thoroughfares. The attractiveness of parks, highways, housing developments, urban plazas, zoos and campuses reflects the skill of landscape architects in planning and designing the construction of useful and pleasing projects.
- The American Society Landscape Architects.
Additional Resources
- The American Society Landscape Architects website provides an in-depth look at at how to decide if you want to be a Landscape Architect on the Career Discovery website. You can find information about:
- Landscape Architecture Education & Career Development
- Tapping YouTube
- Examples of Great Landscape Architecture
- ASLA's 2008 Graduating Student Survey
- Super Sustainable Landscape Architects
- and more...
- BE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT! Download this Career Discovery Brochure (PDF) from
The American Society Landscape Architects
- The Landscape Architecture Foundation provides an in-depth look into career opportunities in Landscape Architecture. Includes salary information, scholarships and a lot more.
- The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a review of the profession in the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Includes important job outlook information.